You could always go truly hardcore and get a fixed rear wheel. :D

I’m building up a bike for my girlfriend and I can’t make up my mind if I want to use the good bits on that or keep them in the spares box till September.
Wheels are my worry as they are the only bit I’m going to have to buy.

I thought certain 700c tyres were gits to fit to 29er wheels. But then that’s true of any rim size with some tyres.

about half of whatever value you think is perfectly reasonable :D

The voice of someone who tends to pay what’s asked or offers what cash he has, then sells again in the hope of at least getting some cash back but is always disappointed.

Do you have the ral number of the colour? People can at least look it up.

he fact that it’s been recoated might put it off, people might be worried what that hides. I have a recoated frame that I am intending selling and in looking at pricing it I’ve seen a number of threads/postings where people have said that would put them off.
Also xl is going to be a relatively small pool of potential buyers too.
Are you advertising it to a big enough audience, if it’s just on here there might not be any giant people who like green but if you stick it on eBay that might be someone’s dream bike. The anyalogy I like from an article on selling cars is do you remember those harlequin polos VW did for a while, 99% of people looking for polos would be put off by the colour but the advent of eBay or auto trader allowed the seller to find the people who actually willing to pay a premium.

Hope hoops with open pro rims would be fairly standard. Strada had something around that price on sale last time I looked.

KMC power links are reusable, buying some will be cheaper than buying a proper tool. Soaking in White spirit does a much better job too, though I do like the toothbrush idea.

Apparently there isn’t a standard for oil weight, so one brands 5w could be as viscous as another’s 7.5w.

Another happy Specilized purgatory user, they are great more than worth the £30. Track pump and a bit of soapy water and they inflated straight away on flows (core out of the valve though to get enough air in fast enough).
They stayed inflated overnight without sealant too.

I am just hoping that yellow remains an option.
Evans have started stocking 29+ inner tubes and knard tyres which will be handy.

There are guidelines from the HRMC on what the transfer value would be at the end of 1 year, 18 months etc. The schemes I’ve been on transfered ownership to me and I’ve paid the income tax based on the final value. If the company retains ownership long enough the transfer value would be zero.

Fatty?
Where have you found the whyte 901 for under 1k,I’ve only seen it for about 1200.

The best way to look at it is a interest free loan for a period that doesn’t require any credit checks.
The saving is fairly minimal compared to what it was when the scheme first started.

Strada did a special wheelset for the Puffin, £610!!

Balls,I’d convinced myself that I didn’t need a fatbike.
Would you recommend it Ciderinsport?

SLX looks nicer

Addidas got back into cycling kit again, I think it was something to do with being a sponsor for team GB and there was a bit of demand for it again. Whether it is just someone else’s kit rebadged is a different thing.

I’d be interested in that Andy, I’ve got most of the other bits I’d need but wheelset was beginning to look very expensive.

You also have gravity dropper and the xfusion hilo at the cheaper end of the market.

Aracer, I’m not in a rush, my daughter is still a little small for it, so drop me a line at riddoch (at) gmail.com

Rockthreegozy, that link is bob on, apart from the postage. if I don’t here from Aracer I’ll go for that.
Cheers

Same situation, I’m quite taken by the Genesis high latitude or the onone fatty. I’m also looking at the Scott scale 760 as that’s about the only 650b wheeled bike my lbs does.

Bear in mind that onone pass a 10% fee on to you to process cyclescheme vouchers.

Its almost easier for cotic to maintain the 26″ frames than someone like specialised. They are dealing in relatively low numbers, they have a following that will look them out and pay the asking price. It’s a bit like comparing a saville row tailor and Next for suits.

There is a theory that a larger tyre rolls with less friction than a narrow one, down to differences in pressures.
One of my old colleagues was analytical about this sort of thing, he found he was faster with his mouth closed rather than open, but I can’t remember his tyre resuilts. He did go down to 19mm at one point.

If you want live track and you have mobile with you anyway there are apps that do same including garmins own one. Probably get better battery life out of the mobile as you wouldn’t have to be running Bluetooth.

I went for the 800 myself, I could see the advantage of uploads without having to connect to a PC but not worth the price difference though.

I like the idea of a wheelsets option, so far I’ve only find a ready built front. The rabbit hole rims do look nice.

I been looking at bromptons a bit too, basically there is one frame.
Each model has a three letter acronym, first says what style of handle bars, 2nd is number of gears (1,2,3 or 6) then the final one is whether you have no mudguards, mudguards or rear rack. Then there is the range of colours, lights and luggage fitments you can add on the brompton site.
Bike shops tend to have a few models for example evans only has one single speed model the m1e (high rise bars, singlespeed, no racks). Brompton themselves don’t do cycel2work so you’d have to go through a shop.

In theory it only covers clothing if they have reflective bits on them, if your new wheels were reflective you could try getting it past the tax man. You have to hear in mind it is HMRC rules not just the scheme being awkward.

andysmiff1,
Arent xt and xtr cassette the ones that let you take out the 17t cog. I think the SLX cassette may be formed of different blocks.

My pet theory is that Cav wasn’t complaining about the cold itself so much as to explaning why he couldn’t hit his normal top gear.
On the bare legs arm warmer thing I’m sure he did the same thing at the world where everyone else was much more wrapped up.

Online order or Ocado.

I cant believe I’ve just been rickroll’d

I’ve picked up a secodhand alfine and I didn’t fancy doing the oil bath thing myself but I’d head some ridiculous quotes for servicing.

How are you holding the wheel? I’ve found that if it’s vertical you can use your body weight rather than just strength alone it helps. Though as in your case the chainwip breaking would have been an embarrising faceplant.

Did you service it yourself it get someone to do it?

Under option a) does your job have to be related to cycling? My thinking is that if you are just using it for commuting isn’t that a benefit in kind and hence taxable?

Michelin lithium if you can find them in 25mm.

Lidl are doing their cycling event again from the 17th so may have more of those stands. Very happy with mine.

And bear in mind gxp bottom brackets aren’t the same diameter as shimano or hopes so you can’t just swap in a new BB (though hope do do a converter kit).
I was changing my gxp BB at least 6 monthly.

I’ve only dealt with them over email and phone and they have always been really helpful.